Data Breach Victims Need Formal Account Deletion Requests Processed Under FCRA
A consumer affected by a prior data breach is formally requesting that accounts opened through identity theft be blocked and deleted under FCRA Section 605B. The request highlights the burden placed on breach victims to individually invoke legal statutes to clean up fraudulent accounts.
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